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cenospecies

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ce⋅no⋅spe⋅cies

[see-nuh-spee-sheez, -seez, sen-uh-]
–noun, plural -cies. Genetics.
a group of different species the individuals of which produce partially fertile hybrids when crossbred.

Origin:
1920–25; ceno- 2 + species
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